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UNITED STATES 1,585,075 PATENT OFFICE.

FERNAND E. DHUIlIY. OF ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR '10 RAMPyBUILDINGS CORPORATION, F-NE`W YORK, N.. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.'

GARAGE.

Application l'ed September This invention relates to buildings, and moreparticularly to storage buildings, such as garages, wherein the severalioors are connected by vinclined driveways. The obp a jects of theinvention are-to improve the conbuild-ing, showing a slightly modifiedform' of my invention.

Referring to the structure show`n in Figs.

1 to 4 inclusive, 1 designates the end walls and 2 the side walls of thebuilding. lhe end walls are provided with suitable windows 3, and one'of said walls is formed with a doorway 4 leading to the ground fioor 5of the building. ing in a vertical plane across thecenter ot thebuilding, intermediate the side walls 2 and Aparallel to them, is anopen floorsupporting structure dividing the plan of the building intotwo sections.A This structure comprises a row of columns 6v andhorizontal floor-supporting girders 7 `connect ing them. Located at oneside of the dividing structure is a group of superposed floors 8, andlocated at the opposite side of said structure is a group of superposedloors 9. The floors in one group are disposed in horizontal planesintermediate the planes of the floors of the other group, and the floorsin both groups extend from the dividing struc'- ture to the side walls2. The inner edges of the floors 8 and 9 are supported by the opendividing structure 6 7, and intermediate said structure and the sidewalls 2 said -iloors are supported by columns 10. There are two rows ofthese columns 10 for each of the floor groups and they are arranged atopposite sides of central passageways 11 upon theu floors 8 and atopposite sides of a central passageway 12 upon the oors 9. Thepassage-ways 11 and 12 extend parallel Extendto the intermediatedividing structure. The' 15, 1925. serial No. 56,489.

columns 10 in each row are suitably spaced apartto provide parkingspaces for automobiles therebetween at opposite sides of thepassage-ways. These parking spaces extend in rows along opposite sidesofthe dividing strncture and along the side wallsv 2. The inner edges ofthe iioors 8 and 9 preferably overlap at the dividing structure, asshown-in Fig. 3, to slightly increasethe storage space and provideclearance for the front ends of the automobiles parked in the inner rowsof storage spaces.

Two vseries of superposed, oppositely inclined ramps 13 and 14v arelocated-at opposite ends of the building and extend transversely pastthe ends of the dividing structure to points spaced substantially equaldistances from opposite sides-of said structure. Each ramp of eachseries connects two floors located at opposite sides of the dividingstructure and leads to the passage-ways 11 and 12.

The ramps, as shown inFigs. 1 to 4, are

vsupported along their outer longitudinal edges b'y the end wallstructures of the 80 building, and at their inner longitudinal edges aresupported by the columns 10 at' the end of the two inner rows of columnsand by the end columns G'of the dividing structure. The columns 10 and 6are preferably connected byV gir-ders which extend along'and support theinner longitudinaledges of the ramps. The inner longitudinal edges ofthe ramps are thus supported by an open `structure and the passage-waysover the ramps are exposed through 'said structure to the spacesbetweenthe floors 8 and the spaces be! tween the floors 9. The ramps 13 and 14are outwardly banked 'or inclined, as shownv in` Fig. 2. The ramps mergewith passage-ways 11 and 12 along diagonal lines 15 -so that the wheelsof the turning automobile will reach the inclination of the rampsimultaneously. This .ensures that the automobile will travel smoothlyfrom the floors to the ramps and 10 from the ramps to the Hoors withoutdanger of its. frame being twisted as the turns are` made.

' The construction and arrangement of the floors, the rampsandthesupporting struc- 10' tures, just described, greatly facilitatethe safe and rapid travel of vehicles through the building from floor tofloor. The spaces between the floors and the spaces between the rampsareA inwardly exposed to each other im the combination of the staggeredHoor levels,

the transverse arrangement of the-ramps, and the open supportingstructures. The particular.arrangement of the ramps with relation to theopen dividing structure 6 7 contributes greatly to this visibilityfeature. By reason of the fact that the dividing structure is mediallydisposed with respect to the length of the ramps, it is possible for adriver just entering upon a ramp 13 to look from a position A clearacross Athe building, through the open structures, and observe adescending car at the point B upon the ramp 14 at the opposite end ofthe building. From a point of observation such as C in passage 11 thenext adjacent floors'abo'veand loe-l low C and the Yramps leading tosaid floors maybe observed. A drivel. moving in either direction from Ccan therefore see for a long distance ahead and observe if there areother cars in hisNpath or if. anycars are being backed from the storagespaces into the passage-Ways.

TheV open structurel of the building throughout its area and height, inaddition to the advantages pointed out, also provides for the rapiddissipation of the exhaust gases from the automobiles. The openstructure furthermore permits the light from the windows 3 to penetrateclear acrossa-ll ofthe floors. The windows are so located as to admitlight directly to the ramp passage- Ways and add tothe visibility atthese points.

The building shown inv Fig. 5 is similar to that just described, withthe exception that the open dividing structure 6-7 extends entirelyacross the building and the ramps 13 and 14: are spaced .inwardly fromthe end Walls and extend through the dividing structure, The oppositeends of the ramps arel supported between two pairs of the columns 10located atopposite sides ofl the dividing structure, and intermediatetheirends theramps are supported between a pair. of the columns 6 of the`dividing structure. The ramps, their supporting girders andthe floors 8and 9 are-all tied to the columns 6 and 10 of thetwo iloor groups atopposite sides of the ramps, and mutually support each other. Each flooris connected to the columns of the dividing structure and to twoadjacent floors of the opposite group of floors, by two oppositelyinclined structures which form driving ramps. This provides a verystrong building structure at the points Where the ramps are located.

lfVhat I claim is:

`A garage building comprising two groups of superposed horizontalstorage floors located at opposite sides of a verticaldividing plane,the floors of one group ybeing disposed in planes intermediate theplanes of the floors of the: other group; and two series of oppositelyinclined superposed ramps extending throu l1 the dividing plane atspaced points andg extending out at opposite sides of the plane, eachramp of each series connecting two storage ioors located at oppositesides of the dividing plane theinner side edges of said ramps beingopen, the spaces between the floors .of each'group being open totheopposed spaces of the other-'group .through and aln the length of thedividing plane extending etween the two series oi ramps to render anytwo adjacent superposed storage floors of .either group visible from theopposed intermediate floor ot' the other group lat any point ofobservation along the space between the ramp connections of saidintermediate fioor, lthe passage- Ways overthe ramps of both seriesbeing laterally'open to the adjacent floors ot both groups over theinner longitudinal edges of the ramps.. whereby from 4a position on anyone of said floors or on any one yof said ramps the -floors and ramps atadjacent levels will be visible and whereby from any floor theentirevlengths of the ramp passa-geways leading thereto will be visibleacross the inner longitudinal edges of the ramps 'and through thedividing plane.

In testimony whereofl hereunto aiiix my signature.

FER-NAND E. DHUMY.

